A corking good cause: Andrew Lloyd Webber wine collection raises £500,000

Andrew Lloyd Webber offered his private wine collection up for auction to raise money for charity (James Manning/PA) - (PA Archive)

Andrew Lloyd Webber has said he is “delighted” that an auction of his private wine collection has raised more than half a million pounds for a charity that helps disadvantaged children through music.

The collection, Final Treasures from the Wine Cellar of Andrew Lloyd Webber, raised £517,910 for the Music in Secondary Schools Trust (Misst) after going under the hammer at Christie’s.